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Position in favor of such a law. didnt get the necessary support up on the hill. something this administration still thinks would be appropriate. we investigated cases on the basis of the facts. not as a result of a policy to get the press or to do anything of that nature. the facts and the law have dictated our actions in that regard. >> you said it is not hyperbole that this puts american lives at risk. if the underlying investigation was basically being run with the knowledge and with the han...

1976. and i have to say that this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three. most serious leeaks ive ever seen and puts the american people at risk. thats not hyperbole. puts the american people at risk. and trying to determine who is responsible for that, i think, required very aggressive action and as i said, im sure the subpoena, as formulated, based on the people i know, i dont know about the facts, but based on the people i know, i think that subpoena was done in ...

Him about classified leaks. dont you wish you could recuse yourself from responsibilities of your job? anyway, his deputy attorney general james cole made the call to subpoena those records and the reason for it seems to be that the government cannot control its own leaks. >> i have to say that this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three most serious leaks ive ever seen. it put the american people at risk, and that is not hyperbole. >> the a.p. has implied this was ...

The a.p. monday revealed the justice department secretly obtained office and home phone records for several of its employees. holder is unapologetic. >> it put american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. >> reporter: the u.s. had several secrets it wanted to keep. the bomb was designed by this man, a master of al qaeda bombmaker already held responsible for the 2009 underwear bomb, and for explosives in printer cartridges being shipped to the u.s. in 2010. and this time the alleged bomber wa...

Serious that the justice department was justified in issuing a sweeping subpoena for telephone records from reporters and an editor of the associated press over a two-month period last year. >> i have to say this is among if not the most serious within the top two or three. it put the american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. trying to determine who is responsible requires very aggressive action. >> holder says he removed himself leaving it to a deputy t...

A very, very serious leak. i have been a prosecutor since 1976, and i have to say that this is among the -- if not the most serious, it is within the top two or throw most serious leaks that ive ever seen. put the american people at risk, and that is not hyperbole. >> the justice department described the seizure of phone records as overly broad and inphoenix in the aps right to gather news. ap executives speaking out on the record. >> they havent told us what theyre looking for, nor have they ex...

Among, if not the most serious, its one of the two-top two or three most serious leaks ive ever seen. to put the american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. to put american people at risk trying to determine who is responsible for that required very aggressive action. as i said im sure that the subpoena as formulated, behaved on the people that i know, i dont know about the facts -- i think that subpoena was done in performance with doj. was no attempt made to seek cooperation? >> you are ...

Ive been a prosecutor since 1976. and i have to say that this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three. the most serious leaks that ive ever seen. it put the american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. trying to determine who is responsible for that required very aggressive action. im sure that the subpoena as formulated based on the people that i know, i dont know about the facts but based on the people that i know, that i thin...

We as an administration took a position in favor of such a law. didnt get the necessary support up on the hill. it is something this administration still thinks would be appropriate. weve investigated on the base i of the facts, not as a result of a policy to get the press or to do anything of that nature. the facts in the law have dictated our actions in that regard. >> you said it is not hyperbole. if it is with the hand of the government, why was there any risk to americans when that informat...

>> yeah. i do. you know, i dont want to use that word as a way of, you know, drumming up high hyperbole. if you go to the website, the gang statistics are disturbing to me. 1.4 million people in the united states are a member of the gang, representing 33,000 gangs in all 50 states. we spent a lot of time focusing in on chicago. the fact of the matter is gangs one way or another touch every single community in this country, yet i see or detect a sense of apathy an it as if its more of a localized...